Few questions - WIRED ANXIETY
Interview with death metal band from India.
Ave, can you introduce your band to
our readers? – When was it founded and what style of
music do you play , etc. ?
Wired Anxiety comprises of Dheeraj Govindraju (vocals), Naval Katoch (guitar), Adwait Jadhav (bass), Sumeet Ninawe (drums) and Priyam Srivastava (manager/co-composer). The band started off in 2008 when we were just a bunch of high school boys trying to cover our favourite metal songs. Things got a bit serious later that year when we decided to compose originals and start playing local shows/competitions. We started off as a Groove/Heavy Metal band but soon turned evolved into Groove/Brutal Death Metal with the inclusion of our current drummer ‘Sumeet Ninawe’.
Where and under what conditions were
you recording the new album? Who was in charge of sound, production and
mastering?
We began recording in September 2014
but we didn’t do it at a stretch because all the band members had a day job. As
a result we got time to record it only on weekends and public holidays over the
period of 5 months with the very dedicated and hard working recording engineer
‘Ashwin Shriyan’ from The Minerva Conduct / Demonic Resurrection. Then all the
individual tracks were sent to ‘Arkady Navaho’ (Russia) for mixing and
mastering. The decision was made long before we had started recording to lock
down Arkady when we heard his work on Katalepsy’s album ‘Autopsychosis’. The
process was very draining and tedious since I had to co-ordinate between
Ashwin, Arkady and my band members with all those technical terms being thrown
around but we finally got what we wanted and we are very satisfied and proud of
our work. It was worth the effort and we can’t thank everyone enough for being
involved in this process.
How many copies were released and which
medium was used for this new edition (CD, digital, vinyl, cassette)?
Vinyl and cassettes are out of
question for us since it’s not feasible for us. Digital copies are available
online and Kunal Choksi from Transcending Obscurity has made a few hundred physical
copies which can be ordered online.
Who is the author of the lyrics and
how were they created and about what do the lyrics deal with?
Lyrics have always been written by me
(Dheeraj). I write about conspiracy theories by trying to turn them into fictional
stories and I’ve also researched a lot on psychology to have a greater depth
and express myself in a much better way. I love writing about psychological
disorders and conspiracy theories and merging them and displaying how both of
them are inter-related. Plus the idea that reality might just be a simulation
has always fascinated since the time I’ve watched the movie ‘The Matrix’. So
it’s all from different sources merged into one.
‘The Delirium Of Negation’ (which is
known as Cotard’s Delusion) is a rare form of mental illness which pretty much
gives away the whole concept of the album. If you read more about psychology
stuff, you’ll know what I’m talking about.
The EP has 2 perspectives: First one
talks about how the humans that live today were built by a scientist hired by
bunch of greedy corporates and are being kept in control for their needs.
Second one talks from the perspective of those humans going through this and
the psychological disorders that comes with it and questioning the reality that
they are in.
Who created the logo of the band, and
who took care of the graphics and the website? What about you and social
networks? Do you consider these things important?
This is the second logo of the band
and it was created by me (Dheeraj) way back in 2011. All the graphic and
promotional posters are usually done by me since I am an Art Director. But in
the case of album art we wanted it to be done by Coki Greenway (Indonesia) who
has previously worked for lot of brutal bands like All Shall Perish, Suicide
Silence, Aborted, Archspire etc. He has his own style and we thought that he
would be best for the direction we are headed towards. We don’t have a website
yet. In this day and age, social networking is the most important tool
especially for budding musicians for spreading the word since most of the fans
and audience are available there. We should thank the creators of internet and
social networking sites. We mostly use our Facebook and Youtube accounts for
promotional stuff and releases.
Which label did you choose for
releasing your album and why this label?
Are you satisfied by how your label represents you and takés care about you?
We are currently with Transcending
Obscurity Distribution and Kunal Choksi is the man making all this possible for
us. Right from Printing, packaging to distribution, promotions and everything
in between. He has kept us alive in our dormant period. Thank you Kunal! Cheers
Which bands do you idolise and where
do you get your inspiration?
Definitely it has to be all the death
metal giants like Katalepsy, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus etc. who have
successfully incorporated groove and death metal seamlessly into their songs
which is what we pretty much do. For me as a vocalist I really look up to
vocalists from Archspire, Deicide, Devourment, Cattle Decapitation etc for the
style.
Did you send your record to some
Labels - which are the labels? How was the response?
I don’t think we ever approached a
label but there was one that approached us called ‘Obscure Musick’ from USA.
They loved the songs very much but the deal didn’t work out since we were
planning to release an EP and not a full length so we had to drop the plans.
How many gigs have you played? Which
type of gigs do you prefer, whether it's (clubs or festivals) and which of your
performances would you consider as the best?
We have played tons of gigs all around
India, we don’t even have the count, played a good amount of some reputed
fests. For us, the best gigs would be indoor gigs since the energy is all
trapped under one roof and fans reciprocate the best to it. Our best gigs have
always been in our hometown Navi Mumbai because we have some pretty mad
following there, they are always excited to see us on stage and it’s just a
giant weekend party for us. Horns up to the Navi Mumbai metalheads for always
being up for the party, we love you guys.
What about your plans for the future?
What do you want to achieve with the band?
As of now we are all in different
parts of the globe but we are in touch with each other constantly to promote
our latest release and discussing plans for our next release. The latest discussions
have a lot to do with coming up with a very unique style and sound for our next
release. It all seems good and we are trying our best to make things happen.
It’s a very difficult time for us as a band since we are all looking to settle
in a good position in life so that when we start working on the next one it
would work out a lot easier especially financially since we have to beat our
own current effort. It’s gonna take a lot to achieve that but we are gonna do
it anyway.
How and where can your fans contact
you? Can you provide some contact information?
Fans can approach us on our
facebook page: www.facebook.com/wiredanxiety
And through E-Mail: -
wiredanxiety@gmail.com
Thanks for
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Bandcamp - https://wiredanxiety.bandcamp.com
Bandcamp - https://wiredanxiety.bandcamp.com
Label – www.tometal.com / www.transcendingobscurity.com
